Fuel Management

Albany, Ga. Looks to Fuel Contract to Offset Higher Costs

July 13, 2011
• by Staff

ALBANY, GA – The City of Albany is facing close to a $2 million increase in fuel costs, according to an article in the Albany Herald. The Albany City Commission "tentatively" voted to give Jim Hinton Oil Co. a contract for $3.4 million for E-10 blended gasoline and two kinds of diesel. In the previous fiscal year, fuel costs were $1.6 million.

Although the increased fuel cost reflects the higher price of fuel, the City’s Director of Central Services Stephen Collier said this contract has a cost ceiling based on a discounted fuel price of $3 per gallon.

In addition, the City commission discussed take-home vehicles, like so many other public sector organizations are doing, and potentially adding GPS to City-owned vehicles to better track vehicle assets and ensure drivers are taking efficient routes.

The system includes fuel storage, pumps, and intuitive fuel and fleet management software that connect vehicle data with fuel consumption, an analytics dashboard and EcoChem’s patented fuel processing system that re-refines the degraded fuel, purifying, stabilizing and enhancing it to its own branded, High Performance Clean Diesel (HPCD).

Chevrolet will allow drivers to pay for fuel at participating Shell stations using a mobile app in the vehicle's infotainment system with a new electronic payment solution, General Motors has announced.

Clean fuel has never been more important for proper fleet equipment operation and diesel fuel filtration has become more complex. Here are five facts that you may not have known about fuel quality and today’s technology.